Anxiety Coffee Procrastination Break
More and more, I think my issues with conventional productivity advice – indeed, with the very notion of productivity – boil down to this: Spending your days trying to get through a list of things you feel you have to do is a fundamentally joyless and soul-destroying way to live; and most productivity problems, like distraction or procrastination o... See more
“The greatest trick the devil ever played was making you believe that the pessimists are the good guys.” – Packy McCormick
Collaborative Fund • Smart Words From Smart People
“You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
— Cormac McCarthy
19 rules that changed my life:
7. Action precedes motivation
8. If you fear it, do it
9. 1 in 2 rule for easy habits
10. The Irritable Checklist
11. Change it or accept it. Don’t think about it.
12. The 40% rule
13. Someone would do anything for your problems
So what kinds of distractions do work well during a 5-10 minute work break? Intuitively, I think we have a pretty good sense of some things that work well:
meditating
getting a glass of water
eating a small snack mindfully
going for a walk outside or around your office
stretching
Some that might be less obvious:
dancing
doing a mini-workout
free association
Mike Jarema • What Kinds of Distractions Are Good for Your Productivity?
Ein guter Trick ist auch: sich vorzustellen, man selbst ist der Richter im Gerichtssaal und die Angst ist der Staatsanwalt. Dann muss man auch den Verteidiger anhören, die Hoffnung, und sich klar werden: Ich bin nicht die Angst, sondern der, der abwägt zwischen den beiden.
Karoline Meta Beisel • „Man muss aufpassen, womit man seinen Geist täglich füttert“
“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”